Shell Oil May Have Spurred Gulf Quake

Extraction of oil, gas, and brines can trigger earth movements.
The epicenter of the 5.2 earthquake on Feb. 10 coincides with Shell Oil's Brutus
field. Could the Gulf Coast be priming for an Aceh-like tsunami?

It would appear that Shell Oil company may have triggered a 5.2 earthquake in
the Gulf of Mexico. The location of a 5.2 quake recorded by the US Geological
Survey on Feb. 10 is approximately centered near the Shell Oil operations under
their gigantic floating platform "Brutus." (Ref.)
The earthquake happened in the zone affected by this particular oil and gas
development. (Ref.)

With the heavy pressure to ramp up production and recover from the
Hurricanes, it is likely that the operations are proceeding at breakneck speed.
A nation desperate for oil in a world strangling for oil has to drive production
at all costs. These heroic workers are driving against awful odds to try to keep
the world oil supply coming.

At the same time the world is fast coming up against the realities that the
damage from our dependence on oil is severe. This earthquake should serve as a
warning. It is in a zone the US Geologic Servey considers to be at very low risk
of earthquakes. (Ref.)

The earthquake here is most likely from unsettling the rock formations as a
result of extraction of massive quantities of oil, gas and brines. This is a
warning of things to come. This region is subject to conditions geologically
that are similar to those which brought about the earthquake and tsunami at
Ache, Indonesia. (Ref.)

The price of dependence on oil and gas while dragging our feet on development
of alternative energy systems is starting to bring serious consequences. If the
world demand for oil continues to grow, shortly the air pollution, earthquakes,
land subsidence and other problems that result will seriously damage the
environment world wide.

Do we have to see a tsunami flood the southern USA doing many times the
damage of a Hurricane Katrina before people awaken and say that we need to slow
down and change course towards a more sane energy policy. Is alternative energy
so expensive when weighed against the damages we are starting to suffer?

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